Look at cap_proc.c:_libcap_cappid :
#if (_LINUX_CAPABILITY_VERSION == 0x19980330)
if (_libcap_kernel_version == 0x19980330) {
cap_d->head.pid = pid;
}
_cap_debug("pid: %d\n", cap_d->head.pid);
>
> > Not init: swapper.
>
> Yes, although INIT_TASK sets up the task_struct for swapper.
Oh, right.
> > Try it on 2.4:
> > drow@nevyn:~% getpcaps 0
> > Capabilities for `0': =
> >
> > 2.5.40 gives me a very different answer :)
>
> Heh, you're right. However, 2.5.20 behaves the same as 2.4. Looking
> back this appears to be caused by 2.5.21 locking cleanups done by rml.
> The older code interpreted pid == 0 to mean current, whereas the new
> code unconditionally does find_task_by_pid(0). This patch fixes that,
> and then pid == 0 from libcap should work again.
How very odd. I have been running 2.5 on that machine for a while, and
the bug only showed up somewhere between 2.5.36 and 2.5.40. Maybe a
coincidence triggered by the PID hashing... your tabbing is a little
odd but the patch looks right to me. Thanks!
>
> --- 1.5/kernel/capability.c Sun Sep 15 12:19:29 2002
> +++ edited/kernel/capability.c Wed Oct 2 00:28:32 2002
> @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
> int ret = 0;
> pid_t pid;
> __u32 version;
> - task_t *target;
> + task_t *target = current;
> struct __user_cap_data_struct data;
>
> if (get_user(version, &header->version))
> @@ -52,21 +52,20 @@
> return -EINVAL;
>
> spin_lock(&task_capability_lock);
> - read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
>
> - target = find_task_by_pid(pid);
> - if (!target) {
> - ret = -ESRCH;
> - goto out;
> + if (pid && pid != current->pid) {
> + read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
> + target = find_task_by_pid(pid);
> + read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
> + if (!target) {
> + ret = -ESRCH;
> + goto out;
> + }
> }
>
> - data.permitted = cap_t(target->cap_permitted);
> - data.inheritable = cap_t(target->cap_inheritable);
> - data.effective = cap_t(target->cap_effective);
> ret = security_ops->capget(target, &data.effective, &data.inheritable, &data.permitted);
>
> out:
> - read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
> spin_unlock(&task_capability_lock);
>
> if (!ret && copy_to_user(dataptr, &data, sizeof data))
>
> thanks,
> -chris
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